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Near Mountain Lion Encounter

I was just forwarded this short Youtube video from the Lake Wilson MTB race I did a couple days ago. I guess a mountain lion was hanging out by the trail and when Kalan went by, he scared it before I got there. The video shows it running away through the grass. It also shows how badly I was riding, dabbing, one of lots of times, during the race. I remember that spot. A wind gust came, blew me a little sideways and my wheel slipped. It is weird how the mind works. It was super windy. Anyway, here it is.

Gait looked like a coyote. I doubt a bike rider would scare a Mountain lion enough to run like that. Maybe dogs could get them to run, but the ones I have seen in the wild were more like bears and pretty much held their ground to a human. Big cats worry me on the mtb. cause they will see you way before you see them.